2 weeks left to submit! We (Adam Aboobaker +I) are organising a conference on #StructuralTransformation and Late #Development to mark 70th Anniversary of #ArthurLewis' (1954). Global Development Institute, EADI. Call for papers: shorturl.at/Arma7. Submit by 15 Sept. Funding available.

New case study | Embracing informality for urban transformation in Zimbabwe: The Urban Informality Forum Zimbabwe has experienced rapid urbanisation since independence in 1980, with 33% of the population now living in urban areas.

A reminder to sign up for next week's New Frontiers of Urban Informality Workshop, taking place on Thurs, 12th September in Sheffield. A great opportunity to hear about the latest books addressing urban informality and meet likeminded researchers. Find out more and register:

Today, Greta Thunberg was handcuffed and arrested in Copenhagen for daring to stand against Israel’s genocide in Gaza. “To stand with Palestine is to be human.”

🚨 Students have set up a pro-Palestine sit-in at Columbia School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) protesting Hillary Clinton, as she teaches a class here every fall They are calling for the university to disclose and divest their finances. More to come…

⚡️🇫🇷 BREAKING: French nurse Imane Maarifi, who previously testified in the National Assembly about her experience in a hospital in Gaza, has been arrested this morning at her home and placed in police custody.

Join us online for three keynote lectures by Alana Osbourne, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, and Tatiana Thieme, as part of the Beyond Inhabitation Lab's inaugural doctoral school, "Inhabiting the Surrounds", Sept 23-26. Registration information here: beyondinhabitation.org/urbanschool/

The Beyond Beyond Inhabitation & UTH Urban School is happening in Turin 23-26th September! 15 selected international postdocs, collective study & fantastic keynotes open to all: Tatiana Thieme (23th) Ruth Wilson Gilmore (24th) Alana Osbourne (25th) Reg 👉 beyondinhabitation.org/urbanschool/

“I am starting to think with horror that if it’s not stopped, Israel’s assault could end up exterminating almost the entire population in Gaza over the next couple of years.” —UN Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese

What an insane series of horror stories in ONE DAY. Imagine if the media actually ran these headlines, every day, how would Americans feel about the way their tax dollars are being spent?

UNICEF Spox James Elder shared some facts about the dire conditions in Gaza. While UN staff and aid workers are trying to get desperately needed help to Palestinians, Israel is killing them in record numbers.

“The reason Israel is able to carry out a genocide, and western leaders are able to actively support it, is precisely because the establishment media constantly pulls its punches - very much in Israel’s favour.  The worst offender has been the ⁦⁦BBC“ middleeasteye.net/big-story/gaza…

The #Political #Ecology Research Group & DOPE invite abstract submissions for the conference “Palestinian Landscapes & Liberatory Ecologies”. The conference will take place from November 9th-10th, 2024 in Ramallah, #Palestine , and online. #CFP politicalecology.org/autumnschool

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Just so we are clear: Israel causing thousands of pagers to explode across Lebanon — with zero means of even *pretending* to know who was holding the device at that specific moment, or where they were, or possible collateral damage — is, as you’d expect, a serious war crime.

It seems the pagers that exploded in Lebanon, injuring close to 3,000 people and killing a 10-year-old girl, were manufactured by Motorola. This thread explains how Motorola is far more deeply integrated with the Israeli military than most non-Israeli technology companies.

📢 PhD Opportunity! 🚨 The University of Vienna is offering a 3-year paid doctoral position focusing on extraction, displacement, and migration governance. Join Prof. Ayse Caglar, myself, and an exciting team of researchers! 🌍 🗓️ Deadline: 10 Oct 🔗 jobs.univie.ac.at/job/University…

Netanyahu’s right-wing, extremist government is violating international & US law and has created a humanitarian disaster in Gaza. Today, I announced that I will file Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to stop the sale of U.S. arms to Israel and end our complicity in this disaster.

This is what colonialism looks like. telling a civilisation that is a centre of diversity of rice, mustard,urad,moth,tur,gourds,jackfruit,banana,mango,black pepper,millets to change our seeds to nutitionally empty ,toxic #GMO seeds #BijaSwaraj is defending our #SeedSovereignty

New Pamphlet "The Housing Question in the District of Ancoats" Written by Nigel de Noronha + me, designed by Glen Cutwerk Launched in association w/ Greater Manchester Tenants Union Link to download: tinyurl.com/3xwjss7m